Yukos still fighting from beyond the grave

Last year, I wrote about Bruce Misamore, the former chief financial officer of the defunct Russian oil company Yukos. Misamore, who lives in the Houston area, and a handful of other former Yukos executives, are fighting to recover lost Yukos assets outside of Russia for the benefit of the company’s 55 ,000 shareholders.

The battle is being played out in courts across Europe, and recently the European Court of Human Rights agreed to consider a $98 billion claim made by Yukos against Russia. The Yukos executives have won some other key victories in recent months as well, as this article from The Economist details.

The Russian government denies that Yukos exists and has removed all records of it from official registers. But Misamore and his fellow executives keep racking up victories for the long-dead company.